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Newcastle upon TyneTerry Riley's in C
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Bach, Shaw, Bergstrøm-Nielsen, Pärt, Riley
RNS Moves; Candoco Dance Company
Newcastle upon TyneThe Marriage of FigaroNew production
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Valentina Peleggi; Louisa Muller; Opera North; Madeleine Boyd; Malcolm Rippeth; Orchestra of Opera North
Newcastle upon TynePeter Grimes
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Garry Walker; Phyllida Lloyd; Opera North; Anthony Ward; Paule Constable; Orchestra of Opera North
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Opera North's dazzling Queen of Spades is full of Russian passion
Queen of Spades began life as a sharp little ghost story by Alexander Pushkin, quite different in tone and spirit from the melodramatic adaptation by Modest Tchaikovsky, who wrote the libretto for his composer brother.
Opera North's Carmen - still the same story
The story of Carmen is a tale of people at the bottom of the heap; factory workers, gypsies, bullfighters, ordinary soldiers, yet the romance of Spain and Bizet’s exuberant and unforgettable tunes have combined to give us a prettified, glamorous idea of Carmen, full of flamenco costumes, castanets, handsome toreadors and none of the rough edges.
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Exploring Newcastle and Gateshead: The Glasshouse and beyond
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The undulating sweep of The Glasshouse International Centre for Music makes it one of the most distinctive cultural spaces in the country. We take a wider cultural ramble through Gateshead, and Newcastle beyond...